Congratulations on First Graduation of Tongji-Manchester Global MBA
On 13th July, 2013, Graduation Ceremony for Tongji-Manchester Global MBA Programme was held, it is the very first graduation ceremony since the programme launched in 2009. View the gallery and Congratulations

On 13th July, 2013, Graduation Ceremony for Tongji-Manchester Global MBA Programme was held, it is the very first graduation ceremony since the programme launched in 2009. Mr.HuoJiazhen, Dean of the School of Economics and Management, Tongji Univerity, Professor Elaine Ferneley, MBA Director of Manchester Business School, Sherry Fu, MBS China Centre Director presented the ceremony and celebrated this great occasion with faculties, graduates, their families and some friends who are interested in this programme.

Tongji University and the University of Manchester are strategic partners. The Tongji-Manchester Global MBA Programme was launched in 2009. This Program is the effective combination of Chinese characteristic and international insight. With abundant resources and platforms of two universities, we employ cutting-edge teaching methods to share successful management practices and knowledge with students, which pave the way for their future as business elites. Upon successful completion of the program, the students will be awarded double MBA degrees, respectively from Tongji University and the University of Manchester and post-graduate diploma from Tongji University.

The working background of graduated students covers many industries, including energy, mechanics, finance, IT etc. These students have become elites of their industry and after 3 years of MBA learning, they have experienced a leap forward not only in terms of career development, but also their lives.  

Excellent graduate representative, Ms. Chen Jiao, General Manager of Optimas Manufacturing Solutions said that she has benefited a lot from this programme in terms of career development and also became friends with lots of classmates who share the similar value of life.

Another graduate, Mr.Weng Peijun, Chief System Manager of Omnicom Media Group said that this programme is not easy at all. During this period of time, he became a father and also busy working every day. In this process of balancing study, family and work, he has experienced a positive transformation and benefit greatly from the MBA programme.
    


As one of the leading universities in China, Tongji University always keeps Project Management as its key subject, including Construction Project Management, Manufacturing Project Management, IT Project Management and so on. Tongji has finished a large quantity of international and national research projects and also participated in the management and demonstration of a couple of large-scale projects such as World Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Pudong International Airport, Hongqiao Transport Hub and so on.

Founded in 1824, the University of Manchester is the largest University in UK with the highest score of its research activities in the UK government research assessment exercise (RAE) and a proud history of academic and research ahievement of 25 Nobel Prize winners, the University of Manchester is among the best not only in Europe, but also in the world. The world reknowned Manchester Businesss School has the triple accreditations of AACSB, EQUIUS and AMBA and among Top busines schols in the world.
95 New Students Started Their Journey at MBS China Centre
On 16th July, Manchester Business School China Centre held Global MBA July 2013 Intake Induction& News Student Reception. Mr. Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School, Elaine Ferneley, MBA and MPA Director of Manchester Business School, Sherry Fu, Director of MBS China Centre and faculty representative Mr.Pireko Richardson, Mr. Leigh Wharton and Mr.Frank Siegfried presented the ceremony.

On 16th July, Manchester Business School China Centre held Global MBA July 2013 Intake Induction& News Student Reception. Mr. Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School, Elaine Ferneley, MBA and MPA Director of Manchester Business School, Sherry Fu, Director of MBS China Centre and faculty representative Mr.Pireko Richardson, Mr. Leigh Wharton and Mr.Frank Siegfried presented the ceremony.

MBS Global MBA July 2013 intake has 95 new students, including 32 from Tongji-UoM Joint MBA Programme. The average age is 33 with an average year of working experiences of 10. The working background covers pharmaceutical/Chemical, Manufacturing, Telecom, Finance, Marketing, Consulting, Energy, IT and Construction. There are around 12% international students.

During the induction, Mr. Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School, Elaine Ferneley, MBA and MPA Director of Manchester Business School and Ms. Sherry Fu, Director of MBS China Centre gave speeches, welcoming students to join Manchester Business School and encouraging students to work hard with sense of mission, unleash potential to develop original thinking and apply it to solve real world business problems.  

Mr.Frank Siegfried introduced to students on course outline and overview, academic and student expectation. After a short break, an exciting, yet challenging tower building competition was launched. Students were divided into several groups and each group was required to build a tower with only tapes and newspapers within a short period of time. The group that builds the tallest stable tower is the winner.This competition mainly inspect students’ team work spirit and the ability to coordinate to achieve common goals with better result. After fierce competition, a 295 cm tower named “Touch of Sky” became the winning tower.

MBS China Centre Director Sherry Fu, together with Mr.Pireko Richardson ,Mr. Leigh WHARTON and Frank Siegfried presented the award to the winner team.

After the tower building competition, Livian, Head of MBS China Student Support and Tony, Head of IT introduced to students about student support and IT facility and services. Summer, MBS Global MBA July 2011 intake, shared with new students about her learning experiences and advices.

During the student reception, Mr. Nigel Banister made a speech to encourage students to make good use of the resources and support from MBS, Yiyi, MBS China External Relations (Career & Alumni) introduced MBS’s support on students’ career development and alumni activities.

Global MBA July 2013 student, Jing Li from UK Trade and Investment at the British Consulate-general in Shanghai, said that she can feel that MBS Global MBA is very tough, but with great reward, it not only allows student to grasp systematic business knowledge and skills, but also build a network through which students can exchange different point of view and ways of thinking on business. “I’m looking forward to attending the coming workshops” said Jing.

Dr Lindsay Shares The View from the Top at MBS China Centre
On 10th May, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre invited Dr. Michael Lindsay to deliver a speech on leadership for MBS Global MBA students, alumni and working professionals. The main content of the speech is Dr. Lindsay’s recent-finished study project on leadership.

On10th May, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre invited Dr. Michael Lindsay to deliver a speech on leadership for MBS Global MBA students, alumni and working professionals. The main content of the speech is Dr. Lindsay’s recent-finished study project on leadership.

Award-winning sociologist and educator Dr. Michael Lindsay is the eighth president of Gordon College. President Lindsay earned his Ph. D. in sociology from Princeton University. From 2006 until 2011, he was a member of the faculty at Rice University, where he directed the Program for the Study of Leadership. Lindsay is the author of the Pulitzer-nominated book, Faith in the Halls of Power, and is a prominent expert on leadership and culture. He has lectured on five continents and his work has been profiled in hundreds of news outlets worldwide, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNN, Fox News Channel, and the BBC.

Through in-depth interviews and quantitative analyses, the project represents the largest and most exhaustive set of interview data conducted with senior leaders. Over 500 business, government, higher education, and non-profit leaders participated in the study, including two U.S. presidents; CEOs of Fortune 500 companies such as General Electric, JP Morgan Chase, Time Warner, and Xerox; and presidents of some of the world’s leading universities. It took him eight years to complete the project.

During his speech at MBS, Dr. Lindsay shared with audience the study result and his thought on leadership, he found out that among his interviewees, 35% work 60 to 69 hours per week, 31% work 70 to 79 hours per week and another 10% work 90 hours per week. Diligence indeed contributes to success. It is also told from the study that 61% interviewees admitted that network greatly contributed to their success, and Dr. Lindsay pointed out that MBA is an excellent way to expand high quality network.

Dr. Lindsay believes that there are mainly three approaches leaders can exert influence and power, which are organizational, institutional and paradoxical approaches. Dr. Lindsay gave an example of the Advisor to U.S. president, George Bush.  She was the female that holds the highest politicalposition, the way she influenced greatly is when she resign after two and half years in position. She chose to accompany more his son and spend more time with family. This action and her value that demonstrated had a great influence on people around her and many others.

The excellent speech by Dr. Lindsay totally inspired the audience, and that’s why they can’t wait to ask questions. One of the MBS Global MBA Students asked that how about the background of the leaders, and whether or not and how the background influence the leaders’ management style. Dr. Lindsay answered that 59% of the interviewees came from middle class, 28% came from working class, only 4% came from upper class, and another 4% came from near poverty class. The backgrounds, indeed, influence management style. Those who came from upper class shows more generosity and kindness, yet those who came from poverty, middle or working class has two tendency: showy and guilty, some of them are very tough at work and often show wealth through fancy cars and otherluxury products, the other tendency is they feel deeply guilty for they became rich and many neighbors did not.

After Dr. Lindsay’s speech, Sherry Fu, Director of MBS China Centre thanked Dr. Lindsay for his excellent and inspiring speech.

Manchester business school is one of the first business schools in the UK and becomes a global leading business education provider after nearly 50 years development. MBS China centre which was launched in 2008 is committed to provide world-class business education opportunities to the Chinese people, continuously making contribution to the society and development of regional education.

MBS and CIMA sign MoU on Cooperation
29 May 2013 (Shanghai, China): Manchester Business School China Centre (MBS) and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) confirming a commitment to collaboration through which members of bothorganizations in the region will enjoy exclusive benefits, reflecting the increasingly central role finance professionals are taking in business.

29 May 2013 (Shanghai, China): Manchester Business School China Centre (MBS) and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) confirming a commitment to collaboration through which members of bothorganizations in the region will enjoy exclusive benefits, reflecting the increasingly central role finance professionals are taking in business.

MBS is one of the world's top ranked business schools; CIMA is the world’s largest and leading professional body of management accountants.

The MOU provides mutual benefits for CIMA and MBS. Students and members of each institution can enjoy preferential discount when studying related Programme or attending events organized by the other side.

Speaking at the MOU signing ceremony, Ms Sherry Fu, Director China, Manchester BusinessSchool, commented: "MBS China is delighted to sign this MOU with CIMA and to become the first foreign business school to collaborate with CIMA in China.MBS andCIMA both provide world class business education, CIMA members and students in particular are highly sought-after working professionals in the region and are excellent candidates for our part time Global MBA programmes. "

MsVicky Li, Director North Asia, CIMA, commented: "We are honored to be partnering with the prestigious Manchester Business School. We welcome MBS MBA students to pursue CIMA education. CIMA and MBS will cooperate closely to help working professionals to enhance leadership, enrich careers and achieve their growth and success."

About Manchester Business School
Founded in 1965, MBS is one of the first business schools in the UK. It is currently ranked first in the UK for business research and its doctoral programme is ranked No.1 in the world by the Financial Times. MBS is triple accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. The UK government body HEFCE ranks MBS teaching capabilities as ‘Excellent’, the highest category. MBS has a network of 7 international centres and over 40,000 alumni worldwide. In 2008, MBS opened its China centre in Shanghai bringing British world class education to the Chinese market, and demonstrating a long term commitment and sustainable growth with its Chinese partners.

About The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
CIMA, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, founded in 1919, is the world’s leading and largest professional body of Management Accountants, with 203,000 members and students operating in 173 countries, working at the heart of business. CIMA members and students work in industry, commerce, the public sector and not-for-profit organisations.

CIMA works closely with employers and sponsors leading-edge research, constantly updating its qualification, professional experience requirements and continuing professional development to ensure it remains the employers’ choice when recruiting financially-trained business leaders. CIMA is committed to upholding the highest ethical and professional standards of members and students, and to maintaining public confidence in management accountancy.

“Doing Business in CHINA" Reception
During the 5-day DBIC workshop in Shanghai, we organized a reception and networking event for global MBA students on Wednesday 8 May at Kartel. The event was a mingling session together with our current Global MBA students in Shanghai and our MBS alumni.

MBS Global MBA Students Visit Ingersoll Rand
On 9th April, Manchester Business School China Centre Global MBA students visited one of Ingersoll Rand’s largest in Asia Pacific and most advanced factories in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

On 9th April, 20 Manchester Business School China Centre Global MBA students, led by Sherry Fu, Director of MBS China Centre, visited one of Ingersoll Rand’s largest in Asia Pacific and most advanced factories in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

Mr. Yan-yue Chen, PR Manager and Mr. Jacky, Operation Manager of Ingersoll Rand welcomed the visit team and introduced the product line, sales and marketing situation, optimization of process and distribution of each department.

Registered in Wujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone in 2007, Ingersoll Rand (China) Industrial Equipment Manufacturing Co.,Ltd.has the largest factory in Ingersoll Rand Asia-Pacific,  with total investment surpassed 160 million USD and total factory acreage  of 74 thousand square meters.

The team firstly visited exhibition room, got to know the details about the history, milestones, organization structure, culture and development plans of the company. Various products of the company were also presented including fresh-keeping equipment, air compressor systems etc.

After that, the team went to the production area and closely watched office, part choosing area and test area. There are many white board recorded related data and details of production and also the progress of projects. Some students asked some questions about operation and production, which helped students to gain a deeper understanding. Students were amazed by the high efficiency of Ingersoll Rand production and management, many planned to take it as an case to study in the coming MBA course of “Operation Management”.
 
Sherry Fu, Director of Manchester Business School China Centre introduced that Company visit provides a communication platform through which students can get to know different industry,enrich their horizon, and to share experiences with each other. MBS China Centre will continue to actively arrange company visit for Global MBA Students.

Jan 2014 Recruitment Kick Off
On 22nd April, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre held a Global MBA Info Session at The Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai. Around 30 Company managers and executives from Apple, IBM and many other companies attended the info session. Mr. Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School and Sherry Fu, Director of Manchester Business School China Centre presented the event.

On 22nd April, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre held a Global MBA Info Session at The Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai. Around 30 Company managers and executives from Apple, IBM and many other companies attended the info session. Mr. Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School and Sherry Fu, Director of Manchester Business School China Centre presented the event.

During the session, Mr.Nigel Banister introduced to the audience about University of Manchester, Manchester Business School and Global MBA Program. As one of the first and largest business schools in the UK, Manchester Business School ranks No.1 in business research and The UK government body (HEFCE) ranks MBS teaching capabilities as 'Excellent', the highest category. With the concept of “Original Thinking Applied”, Manchester Business School already cultivated many business and political leaders for many countries around the world.

The part time MBA program already got almost 20 years of experiences since first launched in UK,and enjoyed a world reputation for the quality of the program. Global MBA is designed for middle and senior level managers in companies, whose functions may include Finance, Sales and Marketing, HR etc. The program is dedicated to helping these professionals to accelerate their career development and prepare them to be a leader for tomorrow. Students can take their courses in UK or other overseas centres (Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Miami and Brazil).

A Global MBA student was invited to share the learning experience with the audience and MBS China centre marketing team  also gave a good introduction on apply process details.

On 24th and 25th, MBS China centre also held info session in Chengdu and Beijing.

Sherry Speaks at Dow on Success and Happiness
On 31st May, DOW held a special event of WIN DAY. Mr. Peter Sykes, Dow Greater China President and Mr. Pete Jennings, Dow Chairman & Dow Japan President also attend the event. Ms. Sherry Fu, Manchester Business School Centre Director was invited as guest speaker to make a keynote speech about “Achieving sustainable career success and happiness”.

On 31st May, DOW held a special event of WIN DAY. Mr. Peter Sykes, Dow Greater China President and Mr. Pete Jennings, Dow Chairman & Dow Japan President also attend the event. Ms. Sherry Fu, Manchester Business School Centre Director was invited as guest speaker to make a keynote speech about “Achieving sustainable career success and happiness”.

Nowadays, more and more women got the chance to realize their potential. They now have a wider stage, playing more important roles, and have more influence in quite a lot of matters. But at the same time, they are also companied with more challenges.

Women are now more ambitious, they want to play a capable role not only just in business, or family. They want to be recognized by their achievements and also realize enrichment of life. How to be effective in both areas? How to solve the conflicts from different roles? And what’s the secret code for Success and Happiness?

Sherry shared her own experience。 She pointed out that It is not just success can bring happiness, but think reversely, if you are a happy person, they you’ll be more easily to achieve greater success. Vision, Character, Continuous learning and improvement and determination are essential to sustainable success. Success requires favourable climate and geographical position and support of the people, but happiness can be created by our own hands. Meanwhile, Women’s success is also attributed to Men’s support,.

She also emphasized the importance of continuous learning, through which woman can keep pace with the environment and society. This is one of the most important enablers of success and happiness.

Sherry’s inspiring speech received Warm applause from the audience.

Manchester business school is one of the first business schools in the UK and becomes a global leading business education provider after nearly 50 years development. MBS China centre which was launched in 2008 is committed to provide world-class business education opportunities to the Chinese people, continuously making contribution to the society and development of regional education.
Leadership by Dr PKay Richardson
On 17th July, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre organized aninformation session and workshop taster at The Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai for around 50 working professionals. Mr Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School, Sherry Fu, MBS China Director and Dr. PKay Richardson presented the event.
On 17th July, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre organized aninformation session and workshop taster at The Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai for around 50 working professionals. Mr Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School, Sherry Fu, MBS China Director and Dr. PKay Richardson presented the event.

Firstly, Mr. Nigel Banister gave the audience an introduction on Manchester Business School. Compared with U.S. business schools, European business schools are more diversified, international and focus more on interaction between students and teachers. As part of the glorious University of Manchester which embedded 25 Nobel Prize winners, Manchester Business School is one of the first business schools in U.K. to provide MBA education and now is the largest campus based business school in U.K. Triple accreditations by AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB are concrete proof of MBS’ excellence in academics, teaching and cultivation of leaders al around the world.
 
After Mr. Nigel Banister’s introduction, Dr. PKay Richardson gave the audience a wonderful lecture on leadership.Dr. PKay pointed out that nowadays Good Management was no longer enough, and an increasing dose of Leadership skills became vital for steering organisations through such change.  Increasingly, it has become apparent that highly successful firms are those led by CEOs who combine managerial and leadership skills. Leadership skills have become very important and those who aim to run companies in this century have no business in that job if they are poor leaders. Passion, Vision, Self-confidence, tolerance for ambiguity and paradox, intuition and empathy are key forces that drive leadership. The lecture by Dr. PKay inspires the working professionals to think about their, how to perform better in such a turbulent business environment through development of leadership.
 
Finally Manchester Business School China Centre Director Ms. Sherry Fu gave a detailed introduction on Manchester Business School Global MBA programme. MBS MBA Program ranked No. 5 globally in ROI by Forbes 2011 and DBA Program ranked No. 1 globally by Financial Times 2011. There are 4,000 executive students from over 100 countries plus renowned international academics. MBS has 7 Executive Centres for students to attend workshops - SHANGHAI, Manchester, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Brazil and Miami.100% English language, international students and faculty and dedicated global careers service to help enhance students’career have made MBS Global MBA the best choice for business education. With Sherry’s introduction, the working professionals have become increasingly interested in joining MBS Global MBA

This event is the first and kick-off of MBS Global MBA 2014 intake recruiting event, there will be more events organized by MBS China Centre, including info-session, weekend brunch, seminars, workshop taster and etc.

Strategic Management by Dr Anne Smith
On 19th April, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre offered an excellent open class on Strategic Management at The Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai. More than 40 company executives and managers attended the class.
On 19th April, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre offered an excellent open class on Strategic Management at The Portman Ritz-Carlton in Shanghai. More than 40 company executives and managers attended the class.

The class was delivered by Dr. Anne Smith, who is a University of Manchester Alumni with Bachelor, Master and PhD degree all from the University. The main teaching interests of Dr. Anne Smith are in the field of services marketing and management; social marketing; international marketing and business strategy.Her work has been published in a number of international journals including the Journal of Service Research, the European Journal of Marketing, and the European Management Journal. She is also work in several key academic institutions or societies. Her teaching footprint covers UK, Brazil, China, Dubai, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore and also many other countries. She teaches Strategic Management course for Manchester Business School Global MBA.

In this open class, Dr. Anne Smith gave a broad view on strategy. Strategy is not a pavilion in the air, but aims to solve the real development issues. She introduced some strategic analysis tools, such as Michael Porter’s Five Forces Model, but she also pointed out that even though this model can help us to analyse industry, to see it whether profitable or not, but it cannot guarantee you earn money  if your company enter this profitable industry, so people should keep critical thinking when learning.Dr. Anne Smith also elaborated with examples of Unilever and Ryanair how different companies choose different strategy that suitable for itself.

During the class, Dr. Anne Smith also inspired and encouraged audience to participate in the discussion and speak out their opinions. One Manager from an investment company raised the question that “Porter’s own company failed, does this mean five forces model is useless?”Dr. Anne Smith praised him for the spirit of positive doubt, and then commented that five forces model is just one of the strategic analysis tools, to manage a company requires a whole bunch of quality, you cannot judge the failure and success of a company for only one reason, the failure of the companycannot make the five forces model worthless, instead, it is still a quite useful tool in any companies.
 
Sherry Fu, Director of Manchester Business School China Centre attended the class, she introduced to the audience about Manchester Business, China Centre and Global MBA program. The class content taught this time is just one part of Manchester Business School Global MBA Strategic Managementcourse.
 
A MBS Global MBA student from Dubai Centre also attended this event, he is CEO of a company and came to China to attend his last workshop, he shared with the audience about the learning experience of MBS Global MBA and emphasize MBS is where original thinking applied and he also encourage students to make good use of the resources of seven MBS Centres.

Manchester business school is one of the first business schools in the UK and becomes a global leading business education provider after nearly 50 years development. MBS China centre which was launched in 2008 is committed to provide world-class business education opportunities to the Chinese people, continuously making contribution to the society and development of regional education.

Policy Learning in Public Management by Dr Richard Common
On 17th April, 2013, Manchester Business school held a spotlight session at American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the theme is “From London to Beijing: Training and Development as an Agent of Policy Learning in Public Management”. Dr. Richard Common from Manchester Business School gave a speech on public policy learning and training development for civil servant.Around 20 executives attended the event.
On 17th April, 2013, Manchester Business school held a spotlight session at American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, the theme is “From London to Beijing: Training and Development as an Agent of Policy Learning in Public Management”. Dr. Richard Common from Manchester Business School gave a speech on public policy learning and training development for civil servant.Around 20 executives attended the event.

A former civil servant, Richard's academic career began as a researcher at the London Business School in 1988. Since then, he has lectured and researched at various UK universities plus the City University of Hong Kong. Richard joined MBS in June 2007 from the Business School at the University of Hull. He has written articles recently published in Public Management Review, International Review of Administrative Sciences and Public Administration and Development. He is also the author of Public Management and Policy Transfer in South East Asia.

The education and training of international public managers is a powerful mechanism for policy learning and transfer. A number of countries are investing in overseas training programs for their public servants to bring back international “know how” and good practice. Although this practice has been coterminous with the expansion of relatively easier and affordable international travel, policy learning activity in the area of administrative reform appears to have intensified.

Though largely undocumented, the UK has witnessed a sharp increase in the number of cohorts of Chinese civil servants arriving to enroll in short courses. Many of these courses areconducted outside the University system and are arranged and hosted by independent organizations.

Despite this being a growth industry, the impacts are unclear and raise a number of questions, such as, what is being learned about UK public administration and how much of it is being transferred back to China? What is it about UK public administration that has particular appeal to China? Although training and development may have a multiple agenda, the assumption is that its primary purpose is to facilitate knowledge transfer.

During the spotlight session, Dr. Common helped the audience to understand whether this recent trend constitutes an agent of international policy transfer between Britain and China. Dr. Common analysed the nature of policy learning fromthe UK within a cohort of senior Chinese public servants.

After the speech, Dr. Richard Common took questions from the floor and also commented on each case and gave suggestions.

Marketing team of Manchester Business School China Centre also attended this event and made introduction to the audience about China Centre and Global MBA program.

Manchester business school is one of the first business schools in the UK and becomes a global leading business education provider after nearly 50 years development. MBS China centre which was launched in 2008 is committed to provide world-class business education opportunities to the Chinese people, continuously making contribution to the society and development of regional education.
Career Panel Discussion on Self-Awareness
On 16th April, 2013, a Panel Discussion was held in Manchester Business School China Centre. The theme is “knowing yourself helps you lead yourself”. Three very senior career mentors were invited to share their thoughts on how to know your own value, talent and purpose with 40 MBS Global MBA Students and Alumni. They are:Ron Oltmanns, Senior VP &Chief Scientific of TTI Success Insights, Yimin Wang, Founder and Executive Coach of Sense Consulting and Simon Luo - Supply Chain Strategy & Innovation Director, Nike Greater China.

On 16th April, 2013, a Panel Discussion was held in Manchester Business School China Centre. The theme is “knowing yourself helps you lead yourself”. Three very senior career mentors were invited to share their thoughts on how to know your own value, talent and purpose with 40 MBS Global MBA Students and Alumni. They are:Ron Oltmanns, Senior VP &Chief Scientific of TTI Success Insights, Yimin Wang, Founder and Executive Coach of Sense Consulting and Simon Luo - Supply Chain Strategy & Innovation Director, Nike Greater China.

Ron started the discussion with three key questions, namely, “what has made me successful?”, “what do I still need to develop?” and “what motivates me?” the three questions aroused audience’ interest and inspire them to introspect, which is the first and important step of knowing oneself.

Simon, instead, gave the audience a vivid example of himself. He introduced his own career development in P&G, IBM and Nike, and he talked about his own experience of knowing his own weakness and how to truly make change to improve.

Yimin, as very senior executive coach, introduced how to handle some tough situations in the office, sometimes the relationship with colleague or boss is influenced by an artificial perception, enhanced by your personal emotion, what people need to do is recognize this and avoid it on purpose and go beyond this influence, that way can improve the relationship, instead of going worse and worse.

The panel also took questions from the floor on the issues raised by students and alumni. A student said he’s lack of the spirit of compromise and often stick to his own thoughts and ideas, 3 mentors helped him to analyze himself and gave suggestion on how to improve. Other questions raised were also answered with helpful advice.
 
This panel discussion is an important part of Manchester Business Career Service, which includes on line and off line services. It emphasizes a career journey: self-evaluation, industry and career research, Career matching, Jobs opportunity, self-marketing, Job hunting strategy, offer and negotiation. This panel discussion focused on the first, yet the most important step, which is self-evaluation. In addition to panel discussion, Group coaching, networking events, career seminar, alumni speaking and online service portal will also be provided to Global MBA students. On 23rd April, 2013, the second session of self-evaluation will be help in MBS China Centre, Partner of Talent Q Alex Wu, will share his thoughts and experiences on how to understand yourself by psychometrics tests,gain self-insight for your personal preference and development needs and Identify your strength and passion.

Psychometrics and Personal Development
On 23rd April, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre held a career event for 30 MBS Global MBA students and alumni, the Topic of the event is psychometrics and personal development. Mr. Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School and Sherry Fu, Director of Manchester Business School China Centre pesented the event.

On 23rd April, 2013, Manchester Business School China Centre held a career event for 30 MBS Global MBA students and alumni, the Topic of the event is psychometrics and personal development. Mr. Nigel Banister, Chief Global Officer of Manchester Business School and Sherry Fu, Director of Manchester Business School China Centre pesented the event.
 
Mr.Nigel Banister gave a keynote speech, he introduced to the audience that MBS provide online and offline Global Career Service for Global MBA Students. The service emphasizes a career journey: self-evaluation, industry and career research, Career matching, Jobs opportunity, self-marketing, Job hunting strategy, offer and negotiation. This event focused on the first, yet the most important step, which is self-evaluation. He encourages students to make good use of these resources and wish them a greater success during their career journey.
 
Mr. Alex Wu, Partner of Talent Q Consulting then gave a coaching lecture to the audience, Mr. Alex Wu has many years of experience of psychometrics and career development coaching and consulting, he has work experience in many well-known companies such as Alibaba. Alext firstly introduced the basic knowledge about psychometrics, and then gave the audience a test example, everyone needed to finish a test paper. Then based on the test result, Alex analyse the meaning and implication of each metrics and introduced different relation and requirement of different job positions.

During and after Alex speech, students and alumni asked lots of questions; Alex answered all the questions with detail suggestions.

Self-evaluation is the most important step of career development, based on self-understanding, further efforts or progress can be made to make full use of advantages and improve weakness, and hence achieve greater progress of personal career.

Sherry Fu, Director of MBS China Centre introduced to the audience that in addition to event coaching, Manchester Business School will also provide group coaching, networking events, career seminar, alumni speaking and online service portal to all Global MBA students.

“Leadership for Sustainable Growth” at Global Campus
CEO of the Iclif Leadership & Governance Centre in Malaysia, author of Too Many Bosses, Too Few Leaders (Simon & Schuster 2011) and a regular writer for Forbes and Mint-Wall Street Journal, Rajeev has extensive global experience in leadership development with a particular focus on developing and delivering on business strategy. He delivered a wonderful speech on Global Campus and there were over 60 students from different centres joined.
TMP Master Class at Deloitte by Dr Tom Kirchmaier
As benefits of Talent Management Partnership with Manchester Business School, we organized a boutique seminar about "Big Data and unstructured information as the Next Managerial Frontier?" presented by Dr Tom Kirchmaier on 12 July, Friday for Deloitte.

Nigel’s interview with WhichMBA
During his visit to China, Mr. Nigel Banister was invited to a interview by a leading business school media WhichMBA to talk about the achievement of Manchester Business School, the international strategy of MBS and the development and progress of MBS China Centre.He also talked about MBS’ cooperation and competition all over the world.

View the article: http://www.whichmba.net/business.do?actionId=BrowseArticle&channel=0&Id=941&languageVersion=CN

MBS Opens Door to China with New Business Initiative
Manchester Business School’s China Centre Director, Sherry Fu, has been appointed as an envoy for Manchester city in the new business-led initiative, the Manchester-China Forum.

MBS China Centre

Global MBA information Session

Chengdu, Chongqing20,21 Aug, 2013
QS World MBA TourBeijing, Shanghai, Taipei24,25,29 Aug, 2013
Global MBA workshop taster - Project Management by Philip BaylisShanghai28 Aug, 2013
Global MBA workshop taster - Accounting by Martin BennettShanghai10 Sep, 2013
Global MBA workshop taster - Operation Management by Paul TaaffeShanghai17 Sep, 2013


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